---
type: "Bill"
title: "Estates and Trusts - Guardianship of Minors - Appointment by Court"
description: "Estates and Trusts - Guardianship of Minors - Appointment by Court"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 508"
citation: "Maryland SB 508 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["West"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-01-28"
last_action: "2022-05-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/31b395b9-65ba-4aad-b88e-6c76148b9fe6"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0508?ys=2022RS&search=True"
source_hash: "5dba0e1c867f1a68b9da70e935cd2b03790afeda9ca9e1255a36ec834d621961"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-md"]
---

# Maryland SB 508 (2022) — Estates and Trusts - Guardianship of Minors - Appointment by Court

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Chapter - Estates and Trusts - Guardianship of Minors - Appointment by Court** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/Chapters_noln/CH_620_sb0508t.pdf)
2. **First - Estates and Trusts - Guardianship of Minors - Appointment by Court** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/sb/sb0508f.pdf)
3. **Third - Estates and Trusts - Guardianship of Minors - Appointment by Court** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/sb/sb0508t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **130–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- West — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2022-01-28** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-31** Hearing 2/17 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2022-03-03** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-04** Favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-04** Motion Special Order until 3/7 (Senator Smith) Adopted
- **2022-03-07** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-07** Second Reading Passed
- **2022-03-10** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-03-11** Referred Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2022-04-09** Favorable Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-09** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-11** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-04-11** Returned Passed
- **2022-05-29** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 620 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/31b395b9-65ba-4aad-b88e-6c76148b9fe6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).